Display-stand.



M. LEON & A. B. VANCE.

DISPLAY STAND. APPLICATION FILED SEPT-14, I916.

Patented Feb. 1918'.

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DISPLAY-STAND.

Specification-0f Letters 'Pa'tent.

Patented Feb. i5, 191%.

Application fild Sbte'mbr 14,1916. Sei'ial Ila- 120,1149.

To all whom at may concern:

Be it known that we, Morris LEON and LAILP'HA B. Vance, "GItlZEDS of*the United State residing at Fortsmith i n the county of Sebastian andState 'of Arkansas, have invented certain new and msefial Improvementsin Display 'stands, =of which the followi'ng is a specification,r'eferenc'e being had therein tothe accom anying drawin This inventionhas reference to display arranged to be supported, when desired, by a Tstandito hold shoes, boxes, etc, o f a more rigid nature than fabricarticles that can be draped over such stands, a holder of this generaltype being disclosed by our copending application "for Letters Patent on'improvements in display holders, file'd March 11, I916, Ser. No.83,524.

"It is an object of the present "invention i so to form such aholdertha't it not only can 'on and be supported by such a stand, but"also may *be attached conveniently to and be supported by othersupports and be readily removable therefrom.

When read "infconn'ec'tion with the description herein, the details atconstruction and arrangement of the parts contemplated by the inventionwill be apparent from the accompanying drawing, forming part h reof,wherein an embodiment of the invention is disclosed, for purposes ofillustration.

Like reference-characters refer to correspondingjpart's in the views ofthe drawing, of Wh'ic'h Figure 1 is a side view of the holder on astand;

F ig. 2 is a view of the holder on a molding or the like;

Fig. 3 is a view of the holder supported by a fixed headed member; and

Fig. 4 is a back View of the holder.

aving more particular reference to the drawing, A designates a base, B astandard, and C a cross-piece of a T-stand such as is commonly used fordisplay purposes in stores and elsewhere for display of fabric articlesthat may be draped over the crosspiece; D designates a fixedsubstantially horizontal member, such as molding; and E designates afixed substantially vertical member, such as a piece of paneling, havingextending therefrom headed members F, such as tacks, nails, screws, orthe like.

able material,

ed to be used i'nd ependently of such a stand, as well as with it.

For this purpose, the invention provides a holder that includes aplatform '5, "Which "preferably is *nqadeof sheet metal, but which alsomay be made of wood or other suit The platform has at its noranal lmverend a flange 6 extending "upwardly with respect to the surface of 'theplatform and which may bending when pliable material is used for theplatform, this flange being for the pur pose of retainin articles on theplatform when it is in an inclined position. The platform has i'n itsupperportion at a place removed from itsupper end ah'ook or othersuitable projection 7 at each side ad'aptedfto engage a horizontalmember such as the cross-piece C of a T-sta-nd, and when the platform ismade of pliable material the hooks or projections may be formed byshtting and ben'ding'the finaterial.

Near the portion the platform that is =Iiormally the "lower there ishinged. on the back thereof an arm 8, having at its free end anindentation "or seat 9 arranged to embrace an upright member such as thestandard B of a T-stand, so that, when the hooks or projections 7 areengaged with a cross member, the arm will act as a strut to maintain theby Fig. 1. The arm 8, if desired, is made of two pieces overlapping eachother and slidable one with respect to the other, and these pieces areheld adjustably together by a clamp 10 whereby the arm may be madelonger or shorter and the inclination of the platform thereby altered asdesired. In order to keep the arm 8 outstanding from the back of theplatform, so that it is in position for engagement with a standard orother part, and to keep it from swinging against the platform when thedevice is used indebe formed by pendently of a stand or the like,'astrut 11 is hinged at or near the free end of thearm and arranged tocontact with the upper surface of the platform at a place removed fromthe connection of the arm and platform, and the free end of the strutmay be held in engagement with the platform by a hook or otherprojection 12, which may be formed by bending when the material ispliable. The hinged connections of the arm with the platform and .strutpermit those parts to V be folded against the. platform. when desired.The strutrseryes to support the upperrpart of the platform. when the.holder is placed on a counter or .the like.

. An opening 13 is formed in the upper portion of the platform to permita standard or other. similarnpright support to project therethrough;.when 1there is no crosspiece onthe standard or when it is desired toplace the holder below a cross-piece. In

order toenable theplatform thus to be placed without removingiacrosspiece or other. projection, a slot 14 extends from its edge totheopeningto accommodate the up right while the platform is being placedon orlfemoved from it.

, In order to enable the holder to be associated with a cross-piece of aT-stand at a lower place than when the hooks or projections 7 engagethat member, the upper end of theplatform is formed with adownturnedflange 15 preferably disposed at an acute angle with respectthereto, and formed bybending the upper end portion of the platform whenitis ofpliable material. The flange is arranged to engage over thecrosspiece, and the arm 8 then engages the standard and maintains theplatform at an inclination, as shown by Fig. 1. In like mann3r,.theflange may be employed in supporting the platform on a molding or thelike, as shown by Fig. 2, in which case the flange engages over themolding or the like and the free end of the arm 8 seats against a wallout of theimaterial of the platform or the like below and maintains theplatform at the desired inclination.

The flange 15 is formed with a slot 16 extending upwardly from its loweredge and adapted to receive a headed member, such as a tack, nail,screw, or the like F, whereby the platform may be supported as shown byFig. 3. In this case the head of the member F by overlapping the edgesof the slot 16 may maintain the platform at the proper inclination; or,of course, the free end of the arm 8 by contact with the panel, wall, orother part below the member may maintain. the desired inclination as inthe other modes of use of the platform. In any of these cases, thelength of the arm 8, and thereby the degree of inclination of theplatform, may be altered by loosening the clamp 10 and moving the partswith respect to each other and then tightening the clamp.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A platform for display-holders formed of sheet metal and arranged to bemainform being bent upwardly at its lower end to form anarticle-retaining flange, bent downwardly at the sides intermediately ofthe ends to form projections for engagement with a supportingcross-piece, and bent downwardly at its upper end to form a flange forengagement with a supporting cross-piece, said flange having a slot forreception of a headed member, and there being in the platform betweenits ends an opening for reception of an upright support, and an armhinged to the lower portion of the platform and arranged at its free endto engage a fixed part.

In witness whereof, we affix our signatures.

MORRIS LEON. ALPHA B. VANCE.

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- v Washington, D. 0. 1

